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| author | Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com> | 2013-09-09 21:47:43 +0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-09-09 09:33:17 -0700 |
| commit | 44e1e4d67d5148c245db362cc48c3cc6c2ec82ca (patch) | |
| tree | 1fc506ec0b7adc7fb2935822aa6d7dd8df624ae4 /Documentation/git.txt | |
| parent | e230c568c4b9a991e3175e5f65171a566fd8e39c (diff) | |
| download | git-44e1e4d67d5148c245db362cc48c3cc6c2ec82ca.tar.gz | |
git: run in a directory given with -C option
This is similar in spirit to "make -C dir ..." and "tar -C dir ...".
It takes more keypresses to invoke git command in a different
directory without leaving the current directory:
1. (cd ~/foo && git status)
git --git-dir=~/foo/.git --work-dir=~/foo status
GIT_DIR=~/foo/.git GIT_WORK_TREE=~/foo git status
2. (cd ../..; git grep foo)
3. for d in d1 d2 d3; do (cd $d && git svn rebase); done
The methods shown above are acceptable for scripting but are too
cumbersome for quick command line invocations.
With this new option, the above can be done with fewer keystrokes:
1. git -C ~/foo status
2. git -C ../.. grep foo
3. for d in d1 d2 d3; do git -C $d svn rebase; done
A new test script is added to verify the behavior of this option with
other path-related options like --git-dir and --work-tree.
Signed-off-by: Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index dca11cc96e..d6baf98f79 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git - the stupid content tracker SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git' [--version] [--help] [-c <name>=<value>] +'git' [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>] @@ -395,6 +395,20 @@ displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information, because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git help ...`. +-C <path>:: + Run as if git was started in '<path>' instead of the current working + directory. When multiple `-C` options are given, each subsequent + non-absolute `-C <path>` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C + <path>`. ++ +This option affects options that expect path name like `--git-dir` and +`--work-tree` in that their interpretations of the path names would be +made relative to the working directory caused by the `-C` option. For +example the following invocations are equivalent: + + git --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=b -C c status + git --git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/b status + -c <name>=<value>:: Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value given will override values from configuration files. |